Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels is an international wildlife conservation treaty aimed at protecting albatrosses, petrels, and their habitats through coordinated global action.

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instanceOf multilateral environmental agreement
wildlife conservation treaty
adoptionCountry South Africa
adoptionDate 2001-06-19
adoptionPlace Cape Town
aim to achieve and maintain a favourable conservation status for albatrosses and petrels
to coordinate international action for albatross and petrel conservation
to protect habitats of albatrosses and petrels
alsoKnownAs ACAP Agreement
category biodiversity conservation agreement
conservationStatusFocus threatened albatross species
threatened petrel species
coversSpeciesType albatross
petrel
shearwater
coversTaxonomicGroup Diomedeidae
Hydrobatidae
Procellariidae
entryIntoForceDate 2004-02-01
establishesBody Advisory Committee
Meeting of the Parties
Secretariat
fullName Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
geographicScope Southern Hemisphere oceans
breeding islands of albatrosses and petrels
high seas
hasInstrument Action Plan for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
hasSecretariat ACAP Secretariat
language English
legalStatus binding international treaty
partyType range states of albatrosses and petrels
relatedTo bycatch mitigation in longline fisheries
marine protected areas
threatened seabird species
requires conservation measures for listed species
control and eradication of non-native species at breeding sites
education and public awareness
protection and management of breeding sites
reduction of bycatch in fisheries
research and monitoring of albatross and petrel populations
secretariatCountry Australia
secretariatLocation Hobart
shortName ACAP
subject albatross conservation
petrel conservation
seabird conservation
underAuspicesOf Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
website https://www.acap.aq

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Diomedeidae protectedBy Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels fullName Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
southern giant petrel protectedBy Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels